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Bono to Become World's Richest Musician After Facebook IPO
- Posted on May 17th 2012 6:11PM by Theo Spielberg
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The Irish singer owns 2.3 percent of the Facebook shares after having purchased them at $90 million in 2009. Now that the company is worth over $100 billion, Bono will be worth more than $1.5 billion. Meanwhile, McCartney is just over worth a measly billion dollars.
Let this be a lesson for all of us who didn't buy stock in Facebook. At least we can feel superior if, in this particular instance, he counts his money with the grammatically incorrect "Uno, dos, tres, catorce!" (one, two, three, 14 in Spanish).
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BONO JUST SAID NO, NOT TRUE, STILL MCCARTNEY
May 18 2012 at 2:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI dont understand how something can be worth so much. How is facebook generating revenue? There is little advertisement, applications are free to build, Membership is free. I dont get it.
May 18 2012 at 1:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAs to the Spanish comment, it was their 14th album. Since you seem to be so cutting edge, why not tell us how nothing is Ironic in that song?
May 18 2012 at 12:35 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyIsn't 2.3% of 100 billion = 2.3 billion?
May 17 2012 at 6:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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